E-recruitment and the benefits of organizational web appeal

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 2384-2398

  Thompson, Lori Foster ^a   Braddy, Phillip W ^b   Wuensch, Karl L ^c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR CREATIVE LEADERSHIP   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Job seeker attitudes; Organizational websites; Relative weights analysis; Signaling theory; Web based recruitment; Website characteristics

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN; EMPLOYMENT; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTERNET; PIGMENTS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

(E ,2E) THEORY; ELSEVIER (CO); JOB SEEKERS; ONLINE RECRUITMENT; RELATIVE WEIGHTS; WEB SITE; WEB SITE DESIGN;

USABILITY ENGINEERING;

EID: 45649083860     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2008.02.014     Document Type: Article

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